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Ernie Kovacs
Age: 42 (passed away Jan. 13th, 1962)
Height: 6' 2"
Birth Place: Trenton, New Jersey, USA
Born: Jan. 23rd, 1919
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BIOGRAPHY: Author, actor, comedian, composer and producer. He was educated at the New York School of Theatre, and received the Sylvania Television Award. Joining the American Society of Composers and Publishers in 1957, he composed a number of songs and themes, a number of which were used in his famed television comedy sketches including "Mr. Question Man". His other popular-songs included "Ugly Duckling", "So Good to Me", "The Patty Cake", "The Irving Wong Song", and many more.
TRIVIA:
- His father was a bootlegger during prohibition.
- Married 'Edie Adams' (qv) in Mexico City. The ceremony was presided over by former New York City mayor 'William O'Dwyer' (qv), and performed in Spanish, which neither Kovacs or Adams understood; O'Dwyer had to prompt each to say "Si" at the "I do" portion of the vows.
- His daughter Kippie was married to Burt Lancaster's son, screenwriter Bill Lancaster. She had one daughter, Keigh.
- Portrayed by 'Jeff Goldblum' (qv) in _Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter (1984) (TV)_ (qv).
- Daughter actress 'Mia Kovacs' (qv) died in an auto accident on 8 May 1982. Daughter Kippie Kovacs died after a long bout of ill health on 28 July 2001.
- It is suspected that his death in a car crash was caused by losing control of the steering as he was trying to light a cigar by striking a match against his shoe sole. He hated to use lighters, believing they ruined the taste of a cigar.
- The car in which he was killed was a new 1962 Chevrolet Corvair.
- When he died, he owed the IRS several hundred thousand dollars in back taxes (he felt the tax system was unfair, and simply refused to pay it). His widow, 'Edie Adams' (qv), made television commercials and did other work to finally pay the back taxes, refusing help from her celebrity friends. She now owns all the rights to all of Ernie Kovacs' surviving television work.
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